January 2012, Sports Facilities
Terps Honor Williams
For his many contributions to the University of Maryland, the school named the court after former player and coach, Gary Williams.
On the night he celebrates a Hall of Fame career with family and friends, including Coach K, it bears repeating what Williams was faced with when he left a good job at Ohio State to take over the Terrapins. The basketball program was still reeling from the tragic death of Bias, and then was slapped with sanctions for recruiting violations — penalties that kept Maryland off TV and out of the NCAA tournament for two years, and cost the basketball program three scholarships.
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